Android /drawable-nodpi/ loading scaled

Question

I recently rebuilt my Android project to target 2.2 from 2.1.

In the old project, I did not specify a target SDK (the manifest did not contain something like: android:minSdkVersion="8"). This gave me an error in the console when running, but everything worked fine so I didn't fool with it.

The new project now uses android:minSdkVersion="8" in the manifest.

But now my drawables from the /drawable-nodpi/ folder are loading with scaling, making them much smaller and significantly changing the desired visuals.

If I cut out the tag from my manifest, they load properly without scaling.

Even when loading my images like so:

        BitmapFactory.Options opts = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        opts.inScaled = false;   
        Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(_resources, resId, opts);

They are still scaled when I declare the minimum SDK in the manifest, but not scaled if I remove that tag.

Why is this happening? How can I load them without scaling while still declaring the minimum SDK?

Answer 1

When you set minsdkversion you are telling Android that the app can work from API level 8, which is Android 2.2. Previously since you didnt specify that, Android knew how to handle assets, but now with minsdkversion line in manifest you are providing guidelines.

Read up on how all assets and assets hierarchy is implemented in Android here and here. This may be not the quick fix answer you want, but it will help you understand Android platform better.